Bearing.



Patented Nov. 28, I899. E. D. WOODS.

8 E A R l N G (Appkicafiion filed Oct. 99, 1895.)

(No Modal.)

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIcE.

EDIVARD DINSMOORE WOODS, OF GRANVILLE, NE? YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WOODS SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK.

B EA RI N G SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 637,842, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed October 29,1898. Serial No. 694.881. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD DINSMOORE WOODS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Granville, New York, have invent- 5 ed a new and useful Improvement in Bear- I ings, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to bearings.

It has for its object to provide an easy-runnin g adjustable bearing especially adapted to IO support shafts rotated at a high rate of speed.

It consists of the novel device herein shown and described.

In the drawings in which I have shown the preferred form of my device corresponding letters in the different figures refer to corresponding parts.

Figure l is aside View, partly in elevation and partly in section, of my improved hearing; and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same with the oil-cup omitted.

In the drawings I have shown my improved bearing supporting one end of a shaft O, the shaft being broken off, as shown. The other end of the shaft will be supported in another 2 5 bearing of the same kind. In my improved bearing, A is a cup having a conical interior a and an inner cylindrical recess a.

O is a part of the shaft of any object that it is desired to rotate. I preferably use between the cup A and the shaft a cone B, fitting the interior a and having a recess 19, preferably conical, to receive the conical end 0 of the shaft.

D is a pin, preferably screw-threaded, with a thumb-piece entering cup A from one end, as shown, and having its end projecting into the cylindrical recess a. In this recess, between the end of pin D and the end 0 of the shaft 0, or, if cone B be used, between its end and the end of screw D, I place a steel ball E.

Oil is supplied to the interior of the cup A through channel g and pipe G from any suitable source of supply, as from oil-cup g, and

an oil-groove is preferably cut in the face of the conical interior a.

By turning the pin one Way or the other the position of cone B or the conical end 0 of the shaft is adjusted relatively to the conical interior a of the cup, so as to compensate for the wear of the parts and to make the bearing an easy-running one at all times.

By using the cone B between the shaft and the rest of the bearing wear upon the end of the shaft is largely, if not entirely, avoided, thus in many cases effecting a great saving and often prolonging the life of the shaft and the machine or article which it carries.

My device is applicable in any case in which an adjustable easy-running bearing is desired, and is especially valuable where a high speed of rotation is maintained. It is simple in construction and affords a very easy and free-running bearing and one easily adj ustable. 6 5

In the form shown in the drawings pin D is simply turned, the screw-threads holding the pin in place. Any other suitable means for fastening the pin in place may, however, be used instead of screw-threading the pin.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bearing for a rotating shaft consisting of a cup having a conical interior adapted to receive the shaft, a pin to adjust the end of the shaft in the cup, and a ball interposed between the adjusting-screw and the shaft, substantially as set forth.

2. A hearing for a rotating shaft consisting of a cup having a conical interior, a cone fit- 8o ting the cup and recessed to receive the shaft,

a pin to adjust the cone in the cup, and a ball interposed between the adj Listing-screw and the cone, substantially as set forth.

3. A bearing for a rotating shaft consisting 8 5 of a cup having aconical interior, a cone fitting the cup and provided with a conical recess to fit the conical end of a shaft, a pin to adjust the cone in the cup and a ball interposed between the adjusting-screw and the 0 cone, substantially as set forth.

4:. A bearing for a rotating shaft consisting of a cup having a conical interior and an inner cylindrical recess, a cone fitting the cup and provided with a conical recess to fit the 5 conical end of a shaft, a pin projecting into the inner cylindrical recess of the cup to adjust the cone in the cup, and a ball interposed inside near the cylindrical recess between the adjusting-screw and the cone, substantially 

